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Episode 22: Sandra Taylor - From Model to Beverly Hills Sommelier
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Sandra Taylor went from being a swimwear and bridal model to the cover of Playboy. Then she achieved her dream of becoming an industry-leading wine connoisseur, promoting the best Italian wines to California.
A charity auction win set Sandra on the path to becoming a certified sommelier, following an acting career where she appeared with Helen Mirren, Julie Andrews, and Julia Roberts. This episode celebrates Sandy's memories with Kristi from the Playboy Mansion, to her passion for acting and her meteoric rise in the global wine industry.
STORIES:-
00:00 - Start
00:11 - Introducing Sandra Taylor
01:06 - Sandra's voyage into wine
02:30 - Exhaustion with the acting auditions
06:15 - Sandra's start in modelling after her dad's passing
07:51 - LA's poster girl
09:45 - The Guess Jeans "thing"
10:05 - Garry Marshall and a movie career
14:15 - Playboy and "Naked Gun"
19:49 - Howard Stern's book
21:06 - The lingerie party
22:30 - Tricycles in the driveway and Kimberly Conrad
25:30 - "Old English meets Goth", and Tony Curtis
32:40- "Angels in my life"
35:02 - Don Sterling and The Lakers
36:30 - "Along came the curvy girls"
38:27 - After Playboy
40:00 - At the lounge: "Sandy, we need you upstairs"
43:20 - "I wanted to go where no one would know me"
48:20 - "Just go down the field with the ball"
54:15 - The launch of the "Rose"
01:01:28 - One lesson you'd pass on
37 episodes
Manage episode 419557297 series 3555794
Sandra Taylor went from being a swimwear and bridal model to the cover of Playboy. Then she achieved her dream of becoming an industry-leading wine connoisseur, promoting the best Italian wines to California.
A charity auction win set Sandra on the path to becoming a certified sommelier, following an acting career where she appeared with Helen Mirren, Julie Andrews, and Julia Roberts. This episode celebrates Sandy's memories with Kristi from the Playboy Mansion, to her passion for acting and her meteoric rise in the global wine industry.
STORIES:-
00:00 - Start
00:11 - Introducing Sandra Taylor
01:06 - Sandra's voyage into wine
02:30 - Exhaustion with the acting auditions
06:15 - Sandra's start in modelling after her dad's passing
07:51 - LA's poster girl
09:45 - The Guess Jeans "thing"
10:05 - Garry Marshall and a movie career
14:15 - Playboy and "Naked Gun"
19:49 - Howard Stern's book
21:06 - The lingerie party
22:30 - Tricycles in the driveway and Kimberly Conrad
25:30 - "Old English meets Goth", and Tony Curtis
32:40- "Angels in my life"
35:02 - Don Sterling and The Lakers
36:30 - "Along came the curvy girls"
38:27 - After Playboy
40:00 - At the lounge: "Sandy, we need you upstairs"
43:20 - "I wanted to go where no one would know me"
48:20 - "Just go down the field with the ball"
54:15 - The launch of the "Rose"
01:01:28 - One lesson you'd pass on
37 episodes
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